{"id":1868,"date":"2024-03-29T01:05:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T05:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:03:10","slug":"a-simplified-easy-lowfat-hot-sour-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/a-simplified-easy-lowfat-hot-sour-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"A simplified, easy lowfat hot & sour soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Homemade hot & sour soup<\/strong><\/center><\/p><\/div>\n

This is a very simplified version of American restaurant style hot & sour soup. If made with vegetable stock and egg substitute, it\u2019s vegetarian<\/em>. You can spice this to your liking, this recipe as is will not be very hot nor very spicy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6 cups of a good low sodium chicken stock or broth<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 cup of mushrooms, white, portobello or even canned<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 cup of<\/span>\u00a0bamboo shoots<\/a>, cut into strips<\/span><\/strong>
\n1\/2 cup sliced<\/span> water chestnuts<\/a><\/strong>
\n1 cup of<\/span> tofu<\/a>, cubed (I like the firm style) (NOT frozen first)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I like adding 3-4 dates for sweetness.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 eggs or equivalent Eggbeaters or vegan egg substitute<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1 tablespoon dark soy sauce for color<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 tablespoon regular soy sauce for flavor<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 tablespoon hoisin sauce<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 tablespoon <\/span>chili oil <\/a>(or<\/span> chili garlic paste<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00bd cup cornstarch slurry (water mixed with 2 TBSP cornstarch)<\/span><\/strong>
\nFew shakes of white pepper (the Chinese restaurants use white pepper for heat)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 tsp lemon juice (added AFTER heat is off)
\n2 tsp white vinegar (added AFTER heat is off)<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 tablespoon of<\/span> rice vinegar<\/a> or apple cider vinegar<\/a> (added AFTER heat is off)<\/span><\/strong>
\n1 teaspoon<\/span> sesame oil<\/a> (added AFTER heat is off)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

METHOD<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

1)\u00a0 Put chicken stock in a pot. Bring stock to boil over high heat. Add mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, chili oil\/ paste, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and pepper. Reduce fire to low heat, and simmer for 20 min.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Stir in cornstarch slurry until consistency is slightly thickened.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 Break eggs in a bowl, briefly beat with serving fork then swirl eggs into the soup on medium heat. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE EGG DROP TECHNIQUE:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Homemade egg drop soup<\/strong><\/center><\/p><\/div>\n

With one hand you’ll keep the soup swirling in a circle, with the other you’ll slowly drizzle the egg mixture in and you’ll see it begin to form egg-drop ribbons. Stir constantly until the ribbons form.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 Add tofu and turn heat off. Stir in lemon juice, vinegars and sesame oil AFTER heat is off. Serve hot.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

TASTE GUIDE:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

If not sour enough, add more vinegar or lemon juice.<\/span>
\nIf it\u2019s too sour, add a little sugar.<\/span>
\nIf it\u2019s not spicy enough, add more chili garlic sauce, a 1\/4 tsp at a time.<\/span>
\nTo make it taste richer, add a little more sesame oil.<\/span>
\nTo make it saltier, add a little more regular soy sauce.<\/span><\/p>\n

SECRET:<\/span><\/a> Did you know<\/span> egg drop soup<\/a> is easily made simply by<\/span><\/span> drizzling beaten egg into a simmering broth and topping with a little sesame oil when serving<\/a>?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>A simplified, easy lowfat hot & sour soup<\/a>
\nLowfat Hot and Sour Soup<\/a>
\nChinese Hot & Sour Pork Soup<\/a>
\nMore Hot and Sour Soups\u00a0<\/a>
\nMy Easy Asian Spiced Broth<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s an easy copycat recipe for\u00a0P.F. Chang\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0hot and sour soup, I\u2019ve never tried it because a cup of soy sauce to a quart of chicken stock seems overwhelming<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/chinese.food.com\/recipe\/p-f-changs-hot-and-sour-soup-356263<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a very simplified version of American restaurant style hot & sour soup. If made with vegetable stock and egg substitute, it\u2019s vegetarian. You can spice this to your liking, this recipe as is will not be very hot nor very spicy.\u00a0\u00a0 6 cups of a good low sodium chicken stock or broth 1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5vW9k-u8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}